Finance

Committee Members

  • Jaky Joseph, Chair
  • John Chen, Vice Chair
  • Leslie Abbey
  • Liz Economy
  • Leslie Jewett
  • Eleanor Joseph
  • Edgar Lee
  • Corey Mulloy
  • Nicole O'Dell Odim
  • ​Dorothy Robinson
  • Antoinette Sayeh
  • Gus Schwed
  • Steve Sell 
  • Gaurav Seth
  • Salem Shuchman
  • Tom Spock

     * Emeritus board member  

The chair of the Board is an ex officio member of every committee.

Committee Charge

The Finance Committee has responsibility for:

Financial Planning and Budgeting

(i)  Review and approvelong-range financial projections; make recommendations to Board of Managers.
(ii) Review and approve the annual operating budget; make recommendation to Board of Managers. Specific recommendations in the annual budget include tuition levels, financial aid policies, and faculty and staff compensation.
(iii) Review and approve capital budget from the standpoint of affordability and methods of financing, and relation to the College strategic plan; make recommendation to Board of Managers.
(iv) Review budget progress reports presented at each meeting by the administration.
(v) Authorize changes in the budget and unusual expenditures as may be recommended by the President of the College. Such changes must be reported at the next meeting of the Board or the Executive Committee.
(vi) In conjunction with the five-year financial projection, the annual budget, and the capital budget, the Committee in conjunction with the Investment Committee recommends the appropriate spending guideline for the endowment; the Finance Committee relies on this guideline in arriving at the appropriate distribution from the endowment.  The Committee relies on the Property Committee to recommend the specific capital expenditures of the College for buildings and grounds.

Financing

(i) Review and approve periodic financing plans of the College in conjunction with the Investment Committee; make recommendations, as appropriate, to the Board of Managers.
(ii) Review and approve specific issues of debt by the College; make recommendations, as appropriate, to the Board of Managers.
(iii) In conjunction with financing issues, the Committee will rely on recommendations from the Investment Committee as matters relating to endowment policy arise.

Trusts Administration

(i) Administer trusts of which the College is the fiduciary, including the allocations and distributions of principal and income of the various trusts to beneficiaries, and to funds and endowments of the College.  Subject to the approval of the Board, the Committee may provide for and establish a common trust fund for the trusts or some of the trusts of which the College is fiduciary.
(ii) In conjunction with trust administration, the Committee relies on recommendations from the Investment Committee regarding investment policies and objectives for each account.